The Hill News

Gene Cranick, the man whose home recently burned down in Tennessee, is now the center of a chilling controversy. As his home smoldered to the ground, local firefighters stood idly by without lifting a finger to save it â€" apparently because he didn’t pay the annual $75 protection fee required by the local government.

Liberals such as Keith Olbermann argue a similar episode of a la carte government could happen if the Tea Party had its way. I won't begin to touch the stupidity of that logic (somebody get the guy a copy of the 10th Amendment, please). But what is frightening are the potential parallels to healthcare and requirements for all Americans to buy the government's form of insurance.

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